The best loved man or maid in the town would perish with anguish Could they hear all that their friends say in the course of a day.

Make all good men your well-wishers, and then, in the years' steady sifting, Some of them turn into friends. Friends are the sunshine of life.

There are three species of creatures who when they seem coming are going, when they seem going they come: diplomats, women, and crabs.

What is first love worth, except to prepare for a second? What does second love bring? Only regret for the first.

Speak with the speech of the world; think with the thoughts of the few.

Maidens! why should you worry in choosing whom you shall marry? Choose whom you may, you will find you have got somebody else.

Break not the rose; its fragrance and beauty are surely sufficient, resting contented with these, never a thorn shall you feel.